Why outdoor’s going digital July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesTrade publication MediaWeek rang up some of the big fellas in the outdoor business to chronicle where they’re at right now in digital deployments, and determined just a teeny fraction of the potential stock has gone from plywood and paper to LED walls. By year’s end, the big three outdoor companies in the U.S. will …
Utterly amazing LED wall at Philly’s new Comcast Center July 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes When I swung by the company booth at infoComm, Barco’s John Youngson was just about imploring me to go have a look at some content running on one of its booth LCDs. It was for a new landmark office tower in Philadelphia, called the Comcast Center, that has taken the bar for digital signage content …
Pattison Outdoor out of stealth mode July 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes Canadian out of home advertising biggie Pattison Outdoor Advertising has been poking around at the digital signage space for about three years now, but has been doing so very, very quietly. But the cat is out of the bag, not sure how, as Adrian’s Daily Dooh blog has a post and snapshot (above) about the …
Accountants rub hands gleefully; declare media future actually strong July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesPricewaterhouseCoopers has issued a Global Entertainment Media Outlook for the next five years and sees growth in most segments, including our little piece of the puzzle. The ninth annual edition of the Outlook, contains in-depth analyses and forecasts of 15 major industry segments across five regions of the globe – the United States, EMEA (Europe, …
InfoComm day 1 July 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes Crazy hot. Not a cloud to be seen. Pretty busy inside, though compared to Day 1 at DSE a few months ago the traffic was nothing. It was mercifully free (well … almost) of AV integrators wandering up and asking what we did. I expect that tomorrow, as day 1 at a show is usually …
Everybody do the all in one hustle July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesIs it just me, or is the all-in-one, digital signage in a box, easy as 1-2-3 thing suddenly popping up here and there and everywhere. EK3 recently unveiled DigiPost. Wirespring was showing one off at a conference the other day. Mediatile has been peddling that concept since forever. Same with MagicBox. And day one of …
The shame of shameless self-promotion July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesSo I am sitting at the Strategy Institute conference, listening to “Software Options: A Framework for Selection to Ensure Interoperability, Fit and Success.” I know this is going to be one of those vendor-driven things of nominal value, but this one was particularly useless because of the first guy up. We won’t say who, but …
The next wave of projectors July 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes The use of projectors for digital signage has always been limited by a couple of critical factors: the short lifespan of the bulbs, and the cost of servicing (mostly to swap those 2000-hour bulbs). So many people have been watching with fascination as projector systems get smaller and smaller … and smaller. This is still …
Using DS to keep a campus safe July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesYou can tell alot about the quality of the presentations at a conference by how many people are firing up their laptops and fiddling about with their BlackBerries. Suffice to say, there was a fair amount of idle email checking this morning during the opening presentations at the Strategy Institute’s conference here in Las Vegas, …
InfoComm ‘08 opens with Strategy Institute conference July 18, 2008 by Dave HaynesThere’s a lot more than digital signage going on with infoComm, a massive AV show whose organizers decided June in Las Vegas would be a smashing idea. It’s a little hot. But drinking a lot of beer is no longer recreation, just necessary hydrating. The latest incarnation of the Strategy Institute series of DS-focused shows …
